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The Container Payment Portal and the Rise of AI in Freight with Jake Hoffman

The Logistics of Logistics

Jake Hoffman and Joe Lynch discuss the container payment portal and the rise of AI in freight. Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight, a logistics tech company focused on the lifecycle of a shipping container as it moves around the world.

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Tech-Driven Drayage: A PortPro Perspective with Corey Abbott

The Logistics of Logistics

Corey spent over a decade at STG Logistics, the nation’s leader in containerized freight, and XPO Logistics, where he built operational, financial, and back-office solutions to help companies and users across the globe.

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Using Advanced Container Visibility Data to Enhance Operations!

Supply Chain Game Changer

These aren’t the only delays the containers face. Out at sea, weather can impede progress and even lead to rerouting, which puts freight in port well past its expected arrival. While challenges within the supply chain and global shipping industry are not new, there are new ways of addressing them.

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How Shipping Containers Revolutionized the Supply Chain Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 1956, he launched the first container ship , the Ideal X, carrying metal containers from New Jersey to Houston. This historic voyage marked the beginning of a new era in global trade. Standardization and Efficiency McLean’s innovation extended beyond the container to encompass an entire system built around it.

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Tariffs cause bust-to-boom cycle for China-US trade routes

EFT

The immediate aftermath of the Trump administration’s 125% tariff announcement on China on April 2 saw ocean freight bookings fall 67% week-over-week Following on from the dramatic tit-for-tat increases in bilateral tariffs and the suspension of de minimis for packages from China into the U.S.

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Supply Chain and Logistic News March 3rd – 6th 2025 

Logistics Viewpoints

Global supply chains are facing fresh disruptions as trade tensions escalate, digital innovation transforms logistics, and energy partnerships reshape infrastructure. Meanwhile, Hapag-Lloyds new Container Payment Portal streamlines cargo movement, and GE Vernova’s partnership with AWS accelerates energy transition efforts.

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The need to know

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The need to know from Reuters’ global network of journalists Retailers rush to save US summer shopping season U.S. Container ship owners swamped as US-China trade detente revives demand Container ship bookings for China-to-U.S. to continue benefiting from a "China-plus-one" strategy by global producers.